Where The Dead Voices Gather by Nick Tosches

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Where The Dead Voices Gather by Nick Tosches

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Part mystery, part biography, part meditation on a forgotten singer from the early days of jazz, this is Nick Tosches piecing together of a life - that of Emmett Miller, whose songs prefigured jazz, country, blues and much of the popular music of the 20th century.

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Where The Dead Voices Gather by Nick Tosches

For twenty years, Nick Tosches searched for facts about the life of Emmett Miller, a yodelling blackface performer whose songs prefigured jazz, country, blues and much of the popular music of the twentieth century. Beginning with a handful of 78 rpm records and ending at a tombstone in a Macon, Georgia graveyard, Tosches pieces together a life - and illuminates the spirit of musicmarkers from Homer to the Rolling Stones. This is a brilliant, inspired journey by one of the most original writers at work today.
Nick Tosches has written several books on popular music COUNTRY, UNSUNG HEROES OF ROCK 'N' ROLL. He lives New York and is a contributing editor of Vantiy Fair.
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ISBN 13 9780316895071
ISBN 10 0316895075
Title Where The Dead Voices Gather
Author Nick Tosches
Condition Unavailable
Binding Type Hardback
Publisher Little, Brown & Company
Year published 2001-08-21
Number of pages 336
Cover note Book picture is for illustrative purposes only, actual binding, cover or edition may vary.